European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)

Later on we had to put our prison clothes and shoes outside in the evenings,

because they were frightened that we would escape.

I received mail from my sister.

She reported about things and sent greetings from my parents, too – and wrote about scientific subjects quite often.

That animated discussions, because we were three men.

The other two were there because of ‘the sports case’, as well.

Later on I got permission to learn shorthand writing.

But for practicing we only had a slate.

On that of course shorthand – is quite an illusion.

But still I learned it.

Ban of "Fichte", Illegality

We were ready for getting prohibited.

We knew we would find a way to keep going somehow.

For that reason the members (not all of them) divided into groups of five;

one led a few groups of five and later we changed it into groups of three.

It was easier to keep track of it.

And for the meetings – you did not know so many working illegally.

‘Fichte’ was forbidden in the end and so the rest of the work was illegal.

Afterwards we organized the leadership for Tempelhof in our flat –

these music circles.